I know this sounds strange, but after my TA sits outside in the sun for a while, a brown substance starts to drip from the stitch holes on the steering wheel. Has anyone ever had this happen to them? I think its just from the heat "melting" the wheel a little, but I'm not certain. Gotta love these Third gens...

 

what does it smell like? lol
i dunno maybe it's just oils from people's hands collected from all the years of being driven

 

damn thats not good, i thought only second gens had that problem. Most likely it's the adhesive soaking through the material. My 79Z steering wheel has the same problem. touch it... is it super sticky?

 

Yeah, its very sticky. If I let it sit for a few days in the sun, it will leave a sticky coating on the steering column. It drips from whole near the top of steering wheel, on the underside where the leather stitching is. Is there anything I can for this other than keep it out of the sun?

 

Yeah they ALL do it. It's the glue and padding under the leather disintegrating.

Talk to these guys. I've never actually used them, but I've talked to them about it before, some years ago; seems like a good way to go. Not cheap, so don't expect it to be cheaper than some plastic POS you can get from JC Whitney or something; but good.

 

my iroc does the same thing...

its just the thirdgens way of showing affection...

 

Actually neither of my T/A wheels have done it.

 

Get a cheap grant wheel, and be done with the pooping wheel

 

Oh, Kane rules (he was my favorite wrastler )

 

with his LOL trash that poopy steering wheel and get a diff one.

 

Mine does it too.

 

I have an 86 iroc that does the same thing.It is some really sticky disgusting stuff too.I thought it was something that the previous owner did to it.

 

WOW it seems like everybodys car does this, I am so happy my steering wheel dont poop HAHAHA.

 

Knock on wood my car didn't do it. I've since replaced the steering wheel with an older one, and I sure hope that one doesnt do it.

 

i was hoping thirdgen's didn't do it but apparently they do neither of my cars have done it so maybe i'm lucky, or maybe they didnt set out in the sun enough to have the problem

 

True i think my grant wheel looks good for 50 buck(Everything including wheel puller not bad eh)
Before

After

here is my car if anyone care(im 15 so its a P.O.S im saving up for a 92 Iroc-z 5.7 tpi)

 

1990 was the last year for the IROC, so good luck with that. I have to ask though, why the green? Wasn't one poop-color enough?

 

Intresting color combination there. . .

 

There was a GM service bulletin that referred to this very same problem on Third generation F-body's that was released back in 1989. The problem was the underpadding they used had melted away after some time from exposure to the heat from the sun and oozed out of the stitches on to the leather. According to the bulletin the only remedy is to use a GM leather cleaner to wipe off the access goo and to spray on GM's leather conditioner to seal it off and protect the leather from UV rays. The only problem is if most of the underpadding had ooz out already there would be a uneven feel on the top of the steering wheel. I had this very same problem in my IROC 6 years ago. I pulled the steering wheel and sent it out to American Stitches in Texas to have it re-wrapped and installed new under padding. It now looks like brand new. But it wasn't cheap.

 

Mine does the same thing, but the previous owner put a cover on the steering wheel. Problem solved for the most part.

I'm just glad mines not the only one that does it. I was dumbfounded the first time I got a big glob of the stuff on my finger. I thought the guy that had it before me ate caramel chocolate bars while driving or something

 

I think 02camaro's car could look really nice. All he would have to do is get a new dashpad, paint the instrumental panel gloss black, get new floormats, & some 4th gen seats. Then, I would paint the car black, no matter what. Doesn't matter if sprayed or canned on. Just get that green off. Take the dice off the mirror. Put a chrome Hurst shifter in. Take the louvers off. Last but not least air the right front tire up. Man, that would be a sweet camaro after all that.

 

Good call man, that's the funniest thing I've heard today and exactly what I was thinking.

 

Thank you for making me laugh

 

Man I had the same thought too. WTF is up with the brown and green.

 

That is a general cause of the problem, sometimes.

Mine does it as well, but it's gotta get really hot for it to do that, and then I just squeeze it all out and clean it off.